Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 128 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 128 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 9:56 AM AKDT (17:56 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 51 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-27 17:56:27 UTC
Depth
30.2 km (18.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.137° N, 152.486° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
45

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.551 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.954 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.6101 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.967 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.3113 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.4102 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.8203 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.9109 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 3.3103 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 3.0105 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.4110 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.5104 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.641 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.143 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 3.189 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.2122 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.656 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.8108 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.3121 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.2216 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.749 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.1116 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018dsfojos. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC.